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lebanon and president obama is all but ruling out sending u.s. troops into syria. meanwhile, we will have more headlines for you 30 minutes away. i'm jamie colby. >> asked if he's worried about a train wreck ahead for his health care law, the president says this. >> even if we do everything perfectly, there will still be glitches and bumps. >> how about this for a bump? more and more employers are bumping some workers' benefits and cutting some full time workers to part-time, all because of the health care law. toby, we've been warning this would happen. just how bad is it going to get? >> it's not a bump. it's a sink hole and if you just look at the last three months and i'll take it forward, you'll see probably 3 million jobs eliminated in the united states simply because it's not worth hiring those people at the margin. even worse, gary is worried about these personally employed people. when france did this, they went from the smallest to the largest amount of 49 companies in the world. united states, we're going to probably add another 3 or 4
lebanon and president obama is all but ruling out sending u.s. troops into syria. meanwhile, we will have more headlines for you 30 minutes away. i'm jamie colby. >> asked if he's worried about a train wreck ahead for his health care law, the president says this. >> even if we do everything perfectly, there will still be glitches and bumps. >> how about this for a bump? more and more employers are bumping some workers' benefits and cutting some full time workers to part-time,...
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president obama had threatened the use of force in response to a chemical weapons attack in syria that killed about 1400 people. back here at home, a race against time in flood devastated colorado as rescue crews there search for more than 100 of people still unaccounted for. at least four people are dead. entire towns now under water. the nightmare is far from over as the state awaits more rainfall today. threatening to send swollen rivers through neighborhood streets. i'm kelly wright. we take you back now to bulls and bears. >>> well, these walmart protesters in d.c. are probably not very happy campers. the mayor of washington, d.c. just vetoing legislation that would have forced the nation's largest private employer to hike workers' pay to $12.50 an hour. the city council could override the veto next week. but some say if the mayor's decision holds, job creators everywhere just got the green light to hire. is that right? >> they should be thrilled about this because now that walmart is not beholden to some governmental wool, they'll come in, macy's will come in, home depot, target,
president obama had threatened the use of force in response to a chemical weapons attack in syria that killed about 1400 people. back here at home, a race against time in flood devastated colorado as rescue crews there search for more than 100 of people still unaccounted for. at least four people are dead. entire towns now under water. the nightmare is far from over as the state awaits more rainfall today. threatening to send swollen rivers through neighborhood streets. i'm kelly wright. we...
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senators deciding whether to support president obama's call for a military strike on syria. >>> and syria will be the topic when president obama sits down with cnn's wolf blitzer, that's one not to miss. see it monday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, of course, right here on cnn. >>> the u.s. open men's tennis final is set. number one seed novak djokovic and number two seed rafael nadal will square off on monday, rematch of their title showdowns in 2010 and 2011. i'm don lemon. those are your headlines this hour. keeping you informed. cnn. the most trusted name in news. >>> larry hall had confessed to killing jessica roach, tricia reitler and two other women. and then he took it all back. claiming it was just his imagination. >> i did confess to certain policemen that i had dreams, that i did things. >> but investigator gary miller had other evidence. like the witness who drove by this cornfield the night of jessica's murder. >> that person testified he was absolutely sure that when he went by here on that night, there was a van, there was a guy coming from the cornfield to get in this van. >> and a
senators deciding whether to support president obama's call for a military strike on syria. >>> and syria will be the topic when president obama sits down with cnn's wolf blitzer, that's one not to miss. see it monday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, of course, right here on cnn. >>> the u.s. open men's tennis final is set. number one seed novak djokovic and number two seed rafael nadal will square off on monday, rematch of their title showdowns in 2010 and 2011. i'm don lemon. those are...
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we have syria now completely blowing apart and the president has kept the syrian rebels at arm's length for nearly two years and he shows up and tells the israelis that they should take a risk for peace in the middle east when he's been-- the president holding the region at arm's length. >> paul: you're saying a credibility problem he's going to have with the israelis. >> absolutely. >> paul: they've seen four years and not going to buy it. on the other hand, he tried to appeal, bret, to the israelis self-interest, with the demographic, you have to come to an agreement if you want to survive in the region. >> that's right, in theory, that's right. in 20, 25 years israel will face a demographic problem. in the here and now egypt is under the control of the muslim brotherhood. you don't know what's going to happen in syria or in lebanon. the future of jordan where the president also visited, it's very clouded, very unclear. you have to take your problems in the order in which they alive. the real problems, iran, chaos in the rest of the world, and the rest of the of the demographic it's r
we have syria now completely blowing apart and the president has kept the syrian rebels at arm's length for nearly two years and he shows up and tells the israelis that they should take a risk for peace in the middle east when he's been-- the president holding the region at arm's length. >> paul: you're saying a credibility problem he's going to have with the israelis. >> absolutely. >> paul: they've seen four years and not going to buy it. on the other hand, he tried to...
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against syria. it's in response to the assad regime allegedly using chemical weapons against its own people. after two days of intense lobbying, the president left the g-20 summit with only limited support. now he intends to make his case to the american people in a white house address tuesday night. >>> nasa is headed to the moon. >> two, one, zero, ignition. lift-off. >> the mission is to explore the moon's mysterious glow. incredible sight for millions to see on the east coast. i'm jamie colby. >>> the threat for an attack on syria looming as congress gears up to vote on military action and the president set to address the nation tuesday night. don't tell that to wall street. after initially falling on reports about chemical weapons in syria, stocks are up since then. so gary b., does wall street know something we don't? >> i don't think it does. i think they're seriously hoping there is no attack on syria. forget the politics. when kerry said, we have proof. the markets plummeted. if we strike s
against syria. it's in response to the assad regime allegedly using chemical weapons against its own people. after two days of intense lobbying, the president left the g-20 summit with only limited support. now he intends to make his case to the american people in a white house address tuesday night. >>> nasa is headed to the moon. >> two, one, zero, ignition. lift-off. >> the mission is to explore the moon's mysterious glow. incredible sight for millions to see on the east...
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president obama says action against syria would be a warning shot not a large scale attack. intervention we. divided on the issue. critics point to america's own toxic costs from agent orange in vietnam to cia support for saddam's chemical aggression coming up we'll examine the shifting sands of u.s. foreign policy. and a victim of child abuse and. take it off the road. safeguarding communities from.
president obama says action against syria would be a warning shot not a large scale attack. intervention we. divided on the issue. critics point to america's own toxic costs from agent orange in vietnam to cia support for saddam's chemical aggression coming up we'll examine the shifting sands of u.s. foreign policy. and a victim of child abuse and. take it off the road. safeguarding communities from.
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but putin stole the show with his attack on president obama's syria speech on of all places the op-ed page of the "new york times" taunting the president for saying america was exceptional. putin wrote it is dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional. he said obama's proposed air strikes will result in more innocent victims and escalation. it is alarming it has become common place for the united states. putin wrote that while no one doubts that poison gas was used in syria, he claims it was not used by the syrian army but by opposition forces. kerry brought a big team of arms control experts prepared to test the russian's seriousness. >> this is not a game. i said that to my friend when we talked about it initially. it has to be real. it has to be comprehensive. it has to be verifiable. it has to be credible. >> reporter: kerry says force should remain an option. lavrov said solving the chemical problem would make air strikes unnecessary. syria's president assad said he is ready to observe the u.n.'s ban on chemical weapons. not good enough said kerry. >> that was
but putin stole the show with his attack on president obama's syria speech on of all places the op-ed page of the "new york times" taunting the president for saying america was exceptional. putin wrote it is dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional. he said obama's proposed air strikes will result in more innocent victims and escalation. it is alarming it has become common place for the united states. putin wrote that while no one doubts that poison gas was used...
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so president obama has announced he wants to carry out a military strike against syria parts will be seeking congressional approval for it . can tell us more about the u.s. leaders statement now so he really has made it a definitive decision that he will go ahead then with military intervention but he doesn't know when. that's right u.s. president barack obama has announced something of a shift in strategy with respect to military intervention into syria now most of the world is speculating that washington would strike damascus within the next within the next twenty four to forty eight hours but on saturday afternoon president obama confirmed the u.s. will take military action against syria but first the u.s. leader says he will seek authorization from congress speaking in the rose garden obama said that he believes he has the authority to carry out a military attack without approval from congress but he feels that going before congress having a public debate debate having a vote would make the country stronger if there was actually a national conversation taking place about obama's
so president obama has announced he wants to carry out a military strike against syria parts will be seeking congressional approval for it . can tell us more about the u.s. leaders statement now so he really has made it a definitive decision that he will go ahead then with military intervention but he doesn't know when. that's right u.s. president barack obama has announced something of a shift in strategy with respect to military intervention into syria now most of the world is speculating...
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stumbling in syria there can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. you know i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set so even though it is solders agreed to give it give up its chemical weapons arsenal a bomb and his team of one man there's a new danger closer to the night in a powder keg in syria as a result of two thousand speech from the then state senator obama started to attract attention and his campaign web site posted a video in two thousand and seven to highlight his fierce opposition to military intervention during the run up to the iraq war conveniently only thirteen seconds of the original two thousand and two speech exists online take a listen i don't oppose war in all circumstances and when i look out over those clouds of day i know there is no shortage of patriots. or patriots there's a wh
stumbling in syria there can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. you know i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set so even though it is solders agreed to give it give up its chemical weapons arsenal a bomb and...
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. >> president obama says he wants to launch military strikes against syria but he'll take the issue to congress for approval. also, the russian president blasts the u.s. for planning intervention in syria insisting the alleged syrian attack was led by provocation of dragging the west into the conflict. meanwhile u.n. inspectors say they need to visit syria again to visit the sight of the attack near damascus. the latest here on r.t. >> live from our studio live in moscow. this is r.t. president obama has announced he wants to carry out a military strike against the country. but not without congressional approval. our correspondent has the details from new york. >> u.s. president barack obama has announced something of a shift in strategy with respect to military intervention in syria. most of the world was speculating that washington would strike damascus within the next 24 to 48 hours. but on saturday afternoon, president obama confirmed that the u.s. will take military action against syria, but first the u.s. leader says he will seek authorization from congress. speaking in the ro
. >> president obama says he wants to launch military strikes against syria but he'll take the issue to congress for approval. also, the russian president blasts the u.s. for planning intervention in syria insisting the alleged syrian attack was led by provocation of dragging the west into the conflict. meanwhile u.n. inspectors say they need to visit syria again to visit the sight of the attack near damascus. the latest here on r.t. >> live from our studio live in moscow. this is...
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president obama and netanyahu were busy watching developments in syria where rebels claim their president used chemical weapons on their own people. president obama says he's skeptical asaud used chemical weapons. >> we have been clear that the use of chemical weapons guess against the syrian people would be a mistake. >> by the way, netanyahu agrees with president obama on sear yeah. rear conservatives tried to use our relationship with israel to grab votes. they accused president obama of not getting it. and some called him the most antiisrael president in history. bb set the record straight. >> i want to thank you for the investment you've made in our relationship and strengthening the alliance quebetween our countries. the president has reaffirmed more than any other president, israel's right and duty to defend itself against any threat. so it's a pro found honer to host you, the leader of the free world, at this historic time in our ancient capital. welcome to israel. >> let's turn to policy analyst for the center for american progress. let me start with you. we see these conciliator
president obama and netanyahu were busy watching developments in syria where rebels claim their president used chemical weapons on their own people. president obama says he's skeptical asaud used chemical weapons. >> we have been clear that the use of chemical weapons guess against the syrian people would be a mistake. >> by the way, netanyahu agrees with president obama on sear yeah. rear conservatives tried to use our relationship with israel to grab votes. they accused president...
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president obama says he wants to launch a military intervention against syria but the issue will be taken to congress for approval breaking news. international comments live from our studio center here in moscow has just turned ten pm this is. so president obama has announced he wants to carry out a military strike against syria will be seeking congressional approval to the miniport is joining us live now with more on this statement so marina in effect this is a declaration of war on syria. it certainly is but it seems as though u.s. president barack obama is taking a few steps back up until the speech he just delivered many were assuming that the you that he would launch a military strike into syria within the next day or two what he said when he stepped up to the podium is that he will seek congressional approval he will seek a vote from congress he says although he believes that he has the authority the legal authority to launch a strike without going through congress he believes this is a matter should that should be debated he also says that he feels very comfortable launching a mili
president obama says he wants to launch a military intervention against syria but the issue will be taken to congress for approval breaking news. international comments live from our studio center here in moscow has just turned ten pm this is. so president obama has announced he wants to carry out a military strike against syria will be seeking congressional approval to the miniport is joining us live now with more on this statement so marina in effect this is a declaration of war on syria. it...
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the threat of an imminent western attack on syria seems to be receding as president obama's pressure to get congress' approval while britain and france agree to wait for u.n. inspectors to report on the use of chemical weapons. while washington accuses onset of using chemical weapons are looks at america's own murky past from deadly agent orange in viet nam to depleted uranium in iraq. and after dozens of convicted sex predators in britain get themselves taken off a police watchlist r.t. talks to one child abuse victim who fears for the public safety.
the threat of an imminent western attack on syria seems to be receding as president obama's pressure to get congress' approval while britain and france agree to wait for u.n. inspectors to report on the use of chemical weapons. while washington accuses onset of using chemical weapons are looks at america's own murky past from deadly agent orange in viet nam to depleted uranium in iraq. and after dozens of convicted sex predators in britain get themselves taken off a police watchlist r.t. talks...
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this was never that important to obama. syria was never that important. the things that are outside our border were never important. for him, it's always been about the social change within our borders. inclauding open borders. climate change, taxation, obama care. his role is a progressive society. the other stuff like syria is essentially playinglitaire unti show is on. this is essentially just wasting time just so he can get to the things he wants to do. there have been so many contradictory messages it's actually hurt them. >> you don't believe he feels strongly? >> i don't believe he feels strongly about anything. i believe -- >> maybe michelle obama feels strongly about children getting gassed. >> what we really need to find out is whether or not this will help or not. >> i believe he might be the most ambivalent leader we've ever had in the history of this country. he is too cool for school. so it's like if this doesn't happen, if we don't like it, it's okay. it's why they use academic language whenever they're talking about something. why he wants
this was never that important to obama. syria was never that important. the things that are outside our border were never important. for him, it's always been about the social change within our borders. inclauding open borders. climate change, taxation, obama care. his role is a progressive society. the other stuff like syria is essentially playinglitaire unti show is on. this is essentially just wasting time just so he can get to the things he wants to do. there have been so many contradictory...
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can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. to cross-talk the continuing crisis in syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to tour around why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in tel aviv we cross to mayor javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it flynt if i can go to you first that syrians have agreed in some way or another that they would allow international supervision of their chemical weapons ok a form of disarmament but in
can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. to cross-talk the continuing crisis in syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of...
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mapping out the road to peace in syria russia's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state are meeting to push for an international conference on the ongoing deadly conflict. and it comes amid growing fears the violence could spread across the region after a rocket was fired from lebanon into israel following two shells which landed in beirut. also tried floor fleece german chancellor angela merkel the chinese pm as the. carrots for unfairly selling products.
mapping out the road to peace in syria russia's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state are meeting to push for an international conference on the ongoing deadly conflict. and it comes amid growing fears the violence could spread across the region after a rocket was fired from lebanon into israel following two shells which landed in beirut. also tried floor fleece german chancellor angela merkel the chinese pm as the. carrots for unfairly selling products.
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can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. to cross-talk the continuing crisis in syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to tour around why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in tel aviv we cross to mayor javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it flynt if i can go to you first the syrians have agreed in some way or another that they would allow international supervision of their chemical weapons ok a form of disarmament but in f
can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. to cross-talk the continuing crisis in syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of...
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obama legacy on the line as the syria vote looms. and a piece entitled president obama last best hope the poor in barack obama now depends on the outcome of the syria voting congress. how does that folks look? wwho will take a look at that. the preside has almost no chance of winning congressional approval to carry out military strike against syria. in fact president obama's proposed strike proposed now by better than a 61 margin in the house of representatives. it appears tonight syria will move on a long list of foreign-policy embarrassment of a growing list of second term defeat. some of those failures include his campaign. the new gun restrictions, ever to avoid the suppressor he himself has been proposed, his climate change proposal. do you remeer those? economic plan that didn't gain any traction at all nor did it find jobs for millions of americans? the so-called weak relationships with lawmakers in both parties, that was charming, wasn't it? the unraveling of the reset with russia with the addition in syria this president's m
obama legacy on the line as the syria vote looms. and a piece entitled president obama last best hope the poor in barack obama now depends on the outcome of the syria voting congress. how does that folks look? wwho will take a look at that. the preside has almost no chance of winning congressional approval to carry out military strike against syria. in fact president obama's proposed strike proposed now by better than a 61 margin in the house of representatives. it appears tonight syria will...
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although months ago the obama administration announced they would be arming the rebels in syria today those weapons shipments became official the administration admitted that the cia has been directly delivering arms to syrian rebels for the last two weeks apparently the fact that these weapons may end up in the hands of al qaeda extremists just isn't concerned enough for our government now one woman who has repeatedly spoke out against u.s. involvement in syria's civil war since the beginning is maybe all home known as syria girl maybe has become a viral sensation perhaps passionate antiwar speeches now in one video she says if assad regime gives up its chemical weapons will be a grave mistake i asked her why she believes this to be the case. in my kids i'm syrian nationalist so my country comes first before government before anything and i'm always looking out for the interests of the country as a little. those weapons exist were reason near an answer to the fog that israel developed chemical and nuclear weapons in the sixty's. they have signed the n.p.t. but they haven't run to fiv
although months ago the obama administration announced they would be arming the rebels in syria today those weapons shipments became official the administration admitted that the cia has been directly delivering arms to syrian rebels for the last two weeks apparently the fact that these weapons may end up in the hands of al qaeda extremists just isn't concerned enough for our government now one woman who has repeatedly spoke out against u.s. involvement in syria's civil war since the beginning...
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president obama returns from the g-20 summit but he fails to pick up much support for an attack on syria. >>> both sides in syria's civil war plan a strategy as the threat of an air strike grows. >>> and less than half an hour are from now nasa is scheduled to return to the moon. we'll show you the lamp as it happens. -- launch as it happens. we begin tonight with the latest on the crisis in syria. there are new security concerns and protests at the u.s. embassy in lebanon. staff members are ordered to lead. >>> the g-20 ends up,ing president obama returns home to face an uncertain future and a wary congress. randall pinkston joins us. randall. >>> syria use of chemical weapons, 11 of the g-20 member states said that they condemned and also demand he a strong international response but did not specify military action. now that he's back at home the president rejoins efforts to persuade the american public and congress. >> i now ask unanimous consent that a letter of notification relating to section 2 congress 22 be printed in the record. >> senate majority leader harry reed took a step p
president obama returns from the g-20 summit but he fails to pick up much support for an attack on syria. >>> both sides in syria's civil war plan a strategy as the threat of an air strike grows. >>> and less than half an hour are from now nasa is scheduled to return to the moon. we'll show you the lamp as it happens. -- launch as it happens. we begin tonight with the latest on the crisis in syria. there are new security concerns and protests at the u.s. embassy in lebanon....
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syria ills inside of know worse than iraq at the height of the conflict in 2007. and there are also considerable regional interest the president outlined that are now at risk here it is a something that had not really entered the policy considerationsreviouy. there have been a number of the humanitarian situation and response based on that argument. we had a response based on iranian import -- inputs. now -- the outflow of refugees into jordan was so massive him as well as other countries that we also visited, that those countries were simply not able to handle it. and that somehow the previous argument and pollock -- in policymaking circles that we could deal with the symptoms of the crisis alone and not the disease itself, that those arguments were wearing thin based on the numbers we saw coming out of syria. those of you who have been there have noted, who have been to the inth, the refugee camp jordan represents the country's fourth-largest city. i encourage you to go there, if you can. and and talk with people running the camp. you can go into the camp, if yo
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we're looking at what president obama might do ant syria, how and where, when. we'll focus narrowly on the pluses and minuses. first, the broad strokes the staff writer, peter for the daily beast and editor of the daily beast blog and plan -- fran townsend and john king. we were told the u.s. would release a declassified report on syria, perhaps with information about this attack. you're hearing there is a debate in the administration. >> there is a debate what to release. look, there are memories, right, of the failed intelligence prior to going into iraq about wmd. so i think the administration feels compelled to release some information that, you know, under scores and verifies what you heard president biden say today, absolutely the regime absolutely used chemical weapons. the question and debate becomes, anderson, how much do you reveal? what is enough to convince the international community you really do have solid proof of the regime's use of these awful weapons versus how do you protect the sources and -- >> so that's the concern, whether it's intercepti
we're looking at what president obama might do ant syria, how and where, when. we'll focus narrowly on the pluses and minuses. first, the broad strokes the staff writer, peter for the daily beast and editor of the daily beast blog and plan -- fran townsend and john king. we were told the u.s. would release a declassified report on syria, perhaps with information about this attack. you're hearing there is a debate in the administration. >> there is a debate what to release. look, there are...
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very close to obama on syria and iran. >> very close to obama on syria and iran, but at the very tail end of the speech he has pulled out what seems to be a major surprise here. he said the united nations must be able to act, and in order for it to do so he calls for some sort of an agreement that is quite vague so that there is a collective renunciation of the right to veto, such as in cases like syria. this came at the very end. i have never heard anything like this before, and actually we get more details and clarifications as the hours go by. that is what he said. i do not know, he did not go into how this would work out, but it is a major change, certainly, from french policy, in the sense that france has always guarded its ego power very carefully -- veto power in the security council very carefully. we will have to see later on what exactly this means. otherwise, very close to obama on. -- on syria, saying the text must include the famous chapter seven that allows military action to be taken so that the security council must be able to deal with the issue of chemical weapons in
very close to obama on syria and iran. >> very close to obama on syria and iran, but at the very tail end of the speech he has pulled out what seems to be a major surprise here. he said the united nations must be able to act, and in order for it to do so he calls for some sort of an agreement that is quite vague so that there is a collective renunciation of the right to veto, such as in cases like syria. this came at the very end. i have never heard anything like this before, and actually...
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. >> we begin with a late development about the war in syria. the obama administration has determined the syrian government has used chemical weapon boston police that word came late this afternoon from deputy national security adviser ben roads. the statement said the u.s. found no evidence that rebels have used chemical weapons. white house officials say in response to the findings president obama has decided to provide new military support to the rebels but they gave no details. the confirmed death toll in the syrian civil war has grown to nearly 93,000. the u.n. human rights office reported the new figure today. it said on average nearly 5,000 people are being killed every month and u.n. human right chief said the actual death toll may be much higher. >> civilians are bearing the brunt of widespread violent and often indiscriminate attacks, which are devastating whole swaths of major towns and cities as well as outlying villages. >> the war has also driven more than 1 million syrians to take refuge in other countries and millions more are in
. >> we begin with a late development about the war in syria. the obama administration has determined the syrian government has used chemical weapon boston police that word came late this afternoon from deputy national security adviser ben roads. the statement said the u.s. found no evidence that rebels have used chemical weapons. white house officials say in response to the findings president obama has decided to provide new military support to the rebels but they gave no details. the...
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it's eight pm here in moscow tonight the threat of an imminent western attack on syria seems to be receding britain's prime minister is right now facing opposition in parliament to his attack plans while president obama is under pressure to get congress' approval. on all the washing fuses president assad of using chemicals on civilians in a program r.t. looks at america's own murky past from deadly agent orange in vietnam to depleted uranium in iraq. goodbye to guantanamo was to algerians a repatriate him from the infamous prison facility we asked what's going to happen to many more who were cleared for release long ago. and.
it's eight pm here in moscow tonight the threat of an imminent western attack on syria seems to be receding britain's prime minister is right now facing opposition in parliament to his attack plans while president obama is under pressure to get congress' approval. on all the washing fuses president assad of using chemicals on civilians in a program r.t. looks at america's own murky past from deadly agent orange in vietnam to depleted uranium in iraq. goodbye to guantanamo was to algerians a...
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we begin this evening with dexter filkins and gary samore talking about syria and the president's options. >> i was talking to an israeli official a couple weeks ago and he said -- he said "you know, we've got our red line and obama's got his and they're differentmt and our's is hezbollah." and he said "if we ever had any evidence that chemical weapons were being transferred to hezbollah then, you know, that's it." >> rose: also on the question of syria, senator john mccain who's called on the country and the president to do more. >> as you know, i come from a very long line of military people, but i know one thing: that some military leaders, if you don't want to do something, you can find a reason not to do so. did you ever hear general dempsey talk about how difficult it would be to penetrate syrian air defenses and they have the latest russian equipment and it's the densest? somehow the israelis managed to act with a great deal of impunity. with cruise missiles we could take our their -- on the ground, we could crater their runways and they're only using a few air assets and we could
we begin this evening with dexter filkins and gary samore talking about syria and the president's options. >> i was talking to an israeli official a couple weeks ago and he said -- he said "you know, we've got our red line and obama's got his and they're differentmt and our's is hezbollah." and he said "if we ever had any evidence that chemical weapons were being transferred to hezbollah then, you know, that's it." >> rose: also on the question of syria, senator...
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and around the world to president obama's delaying his decision on a potential strike on syria. he's decided to ask congress to first authorize any military action. france saying it will wait for the u.s. decision on how to act. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country is ready for any possible scenario. first to connor powell who joins us live from our mideast bureau. what's the reaction there? >> reporter: this move by president obama generating anger, confusion and even some just, you know -- confusion across the entire area of the middle east. particularly in israel. prime minister netanyahu said the country is, quote, calm and self-assured and the country really is prepared for any scenario. president obama's decision to postpone a reaction has been blasted here by the israelis. they see syria as a test run for iran. they see the u.s. hesitation will embolden nuclear ambitions. the larger question being asked, is the u.s. still a super power trying to impose some sort of order in a chaotic middle east. also the question in israel and across the middle
and around the world to president obama's delaying his decision on a potential strike on syria. he's decided to ask congress to first authorize any military action. france saying it will wait for the u.s. decision on how to act. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country is ready for any possible scenario. first to connor powell who joins us live from our mideast bureau. what's the reaction there? >> reporter: this move by president obama generating anger, confusion...
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i don't know exactly how had been a good agreement between benjamin netanyahu and president obama. whatever time is left will be short. the second big problem we have is syria. i don't think it will be iran without with solving syria. syria has a deeper relationship with iran. even between two members of nato. they really have a very intense relationship. we thought solving that problem would be very difficult to get to the negotiations. for tehran, syria is a very important factor. russiat we need to have . we have two problems. the link between iran and syria. and we. and we have the p5. so we have a pretty bad situation. ist we have in front of us that. the other thing i like to mention is sanctions. sanctions to be reviewed before the end of this summer. today we have been able to put tough sanctions on iran that are but theyheir economy, are still maintaining the price of oil at a level that is supportable. production is the there. imagine for a moment the economy goes a little better, there are more needs of oil. china atelling gas to a very low cost. grows globally, it will
i don't know exactly how had been a good agreement between benjamin netanyahu and president obama. whatever time is left will be short. the second big problem we have is syria. i don't think it will be iran without with solving syria. syria has a deeper relationship with iran. even between two members of nato. they really have a very intense relationship. we thought solving that problem would be very difficult to get to the negotiations. for tehran, syria is a very important factor. russiat we...
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here is a recap of our top stories. >> obama: 's syristories. >> obama: syria's continue use threatens national security. spoke in an address on tuesday night. >>> the state department has ordered u.s. diplomats to leave lebanon citing security concerns over possible military action in syria. non-essential staffers and american citizens were instructed to leave the capitol of beirut. new information about the jobs in america. the labor department reports that employering added 169,000 jobs. economists say that number is dew pointing. we have more. >> reporter: when 34-year-old alex from brooklyn earned his masters in technology design from nyu, he never thought two years later his full time option occupation would be looking for a full time job. >> it's stressful feeling every day my 9 to 5 is looking for a job, which is really quite stressful. >> reporter: alex, who doesn't want to use his full name on tv because it is afraid it might hurt his chances of getting a job has gone through 20 interviews and several network. fairs, and he has boosted his resumÉ several times. his fear is e
here is a recap of our top stories. >> obama: 's syristories. >> obama: syria's continue use threatens national security. spoke in an address on tuesday night. >>> the state department has ordered u.s. diplomats to leave lebanon citing security concerns over possible military action in syria. non-essential staffers and american citizens were instructed to leave the capitol of beirut. new information about the jobs in america. the labor department reports that employering...
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i'm a little confused by president obama's leadership here. my theory is it goes back to the syria situation where he looked weak and he knows it. and now he has caught himself up in the shut down over obama care. he doesn't want to look weak again. so we're not getting any compromises. am i off base here, ed? >> well, part of the reason, you are on base and off base. i think in fairness to him one reason why he doesn't want to compromise with republicans he thinks if they just threaten default, that outside economists who are not affiliated with white house say could bring down the economy. it's a mistake for any president, either party to get into a tit-for-tat on that kind of thing and look like you are being hostage. on the other hand where you you are on base is what has not been sustainable to the president is his talking point again and again is i'm not going to negotiate under the threat of default. he has a democrat for the first time joe manchin from west virginia conservative in the senate who came out in the last 24 hours and said
i'm a little confused by president obama's leadership here. my theory is it goes back to the syria situation where he looked weak and he knows it. and now he has caught himself up in the shut down over obama care. he doesn't want to look weak again. so we're not getting any compromises. am i off base here, ed? >> well, part of the reason, you are on base and off base. i think in fairness to him one reason why he doesn't want to compromise with republicans he thinks if they just threaten...
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for the first time the obama administration says syria's government is using chemical weapons against rebel troopsp. those weapons include sarin nerve gas. >> the u.s. is promising help for the rebels trying to overthrow syria's president. major garret is at the white house for the late pestp good morning to you. >> good morning, gayle and charlie and our viewers out west. the white house says syria has crossed sir eded the red line. syria called the accusation full of lies. more american gear will flow to those rebels and the white house still looks to diplomacy even as the united states moves ever closer to engaging itself in this conflict. nearly two months after saying syria might have used chemical weapons against rebel forces the white house now says as sure. sirts yan regime used the nerve agent sarin multiple times in the past year to kill between 100 and 150 rebels trying to overthrow dictator bashar al assad. >> that's a red line for us and there would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front. >> reporter: mr. obama has long resisted
for the first time the obama administration says syria's government is using chemical weapons against rebel troopsp. those weapons include sarin nerve gas. >> the u.s. is promising help for the rebels trying to overthrow syria's president. major garret is at the white house for the late pestp good morning to you. >> good morning, gayle and charlie and our viewers out west. the white house says syria has crossed sir eded the red line. syria called the accusation full of lies. more...
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president barack obama on the situation in syria. some details of a recorded statement that the president made while he was meeting with the u.n. or rather the national security council over syria have been leaked. we are hearing that he says the syrian chemical attack is a challenge to the world and threatens a national security interest, u.s. national security interests. according to the leak, obama said he has made no final decision on syria, but is considering a limited, narrow attack. more details with, obama said the u.n. security council has shown and incapacity to act in the face of a clear violation of international norms in syria, and in one more detailed leak, obama said no one is more "war weary" than he is, but must be will to safeguard international norms, these are leaks of an expected statement to be released soon by the u.s. president barack obama. let's get more details from patty calendar has in, who is outside the white house in washington, d.c. patty, have you heard anymore details about this statement? >> no, ba
president barack obama on the situation in syria. some details of a recorded statement that the president made while he was meeting with the u.n. or rather the national security council over syria have been leaked. we are hearing that he says the syrian chemical attack is a challenge to the world and threatens a national security interest, u.s. national security interests. according to the leak, obama said he has made no final decision on syria, but is considering a limited, narrow attack. more...
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president obama defiant saying it would be limited proportional strike against syria. colonel vault -- colonel oliver north tells us what oliver north tells us what that means. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. there is a pursuit well share. a better life for your family, a better opportunity for your business, a better legacy to leave the world. we have always believed in this pursuit, striving to bring insight to every investment, and integrity to every plan. we are morgan stanley. and we're ready to work for you. lou: the obama administration to win approval from congress with the proposed strike against syria he claims the consequences would be greater than the consequences of a military strike joining us now is the colonel oliver north and former pentagon official figure for being here. start with the consequences of not being greater? i have heard
president obama defiant saying it would be limited proportional strike against syria. colonel vault -- colonel oliver north tells us what oliver north tells us what that means. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. there is a pursuit well share. a better life for your family, a...
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president obama is expected to speak in a few minutes on syria. we will bring you his comments when those happen. meanwhile, within the past hour, secretary of state john kerry laid out the evidence the white house believes proves the assad regime was, in fact, behind the chemical attack that killed over 1,000 people, including 426 children. >> we know the syrian regime elements were told to prepare for the attack by putting on gas masks and taking precautions associated with chemical weapons. we know that these were specific instructions. we know where the rockets were launched from and at what time. we know where they landed and when. we know rockets came only from regime-controlled areas and went only to opposition-controlled or contested neighborhoods. >> kerry's statement came after a national security council meeting led by president obama at the white house a short time ago. the white house released the intelligence report on last week's chemical weapons attack using the report the white house hopes to make the case for military interventio
president obama is expected to speak in a few minutes on syria. we will bring you his comments when those happen. meanwhile, within the past hour, secretary of state john kerry laid out the evidence the white house believes proves the assad regime was, in fact, behind the chemical attack that killed over 1,000 people, including 426 children. >> we know the syrian regime elements were told to prepare for the attack by putting on gas masks and taking precautions associated with chemical...
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protesters in london chanted hands off syria that was before obama left no doubt that the country would be targeted similar scenes in germany about the same amount of antiwar activists there said only of solver in an independent syria free of foreign interference would make peace possible sentiment echoed in paris. and supporters of syria also out in force in turkey well president putin casts doubt on u.s. evidence that syrian forces used chemical weapons labeling the claim is nonsense he also cautioned the obama administration about the fallout of getting involved in syria militarily or to use john thomas has more on moscow's reaction. president vladimir putin spoke to reporters and bloody vostok here in russia and had some strong clear words about the situation in syria first of all he said all of this talk of strikes and military intervention from the west is he is certain because the syrian regime is making advances against the rebels and it's a tactic or a technique to try and turn the tide of the civil war in syria to the rebels side he also said that the idea of the government th
protesters in london chanted hands off syria that was before obama left no doubt that the country would be targeted similar scenes in germany about the same amount of antiwar activists there said only of solver in an independent syria free of foreign interference would make peace possible sentiment echoed in paris. and supporters of syria also out in force in turkey well president putin casts doubt on u.s. evidence that syrian forces used chemical weapons labeling the claim is nonsense he also...